Burial-garment and method of making the same



H. T. LOOMIS. BURIAL GARMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE'SAME; APPLICATIONFILED MAR.20. 1919.

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H. T. Looms. I BURIAL GARMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.20. I9I9.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

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BURIAL GARMENT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME.

APPLICATION HLED MAR-20,19]?!- Patented Apr. 6,

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HARRY T. LOOMIS, F BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BURIAEGABMENT AND Marleen OF MAKING THE SAME.

Application filed March 20, 1919.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HAR Y T. Loonrrs, a citizen of the United States,and residin at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Burial-Gal.- mentsand Methods of itlaking the Same, of which the following is aspecification, such as will enable those skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to garments and particularly to burial garmentsand especially coats, and the object of the invention is to provide agarment of this class with lapels and a collar without binding,stitching or other needlework whereby the manufacture of the garment issimplified and made more economical and a better garment produced; andwith this and other objects in view the invention consists in a garmentof the class specified, formed as herein described and in the method ofmaking said garment herein set out.

The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification, ofwhich the accompanying drawings form a part, in which the separate partsof my improvement are designated by uitable reference characters in eachof the views, and in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a garment in--volving my invention and placed. in a display box;

F 2 a detail view of part of the garment before it is completed withpart of the con struction broken away,

Fig. 3 a section on the line 3-3 of Fi 2;

Fig. t a section similar to Fig. 3 but shows iu a mod ncat on;

5 a diagrammatic plan view of a part of the apparatus. employed inmaking my improved garment and partially showing the method of itsoperation;

Fig. 6 a partial section on the line 66 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 a diagrammatic plan view showing patterns cut from blanks formedby the apparatus shown in Fig. 5; I

Fig. 8 a diagrammatic side view of the apparatus shown in Fig. 5;

Fig. 9 a side diagrammatic view indicating the dies and the method ofcutting the patterns shown in Fig. 7;

Fig. 10 a view similar to Fig. 7 but showing only a part of one patternon an en- Specificaticn of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 6, 1920.

Serial No. 283,735.

larged scale, and indicating the last step in the process of making saidpatterns;

Fig. 11 a view similar to Fig. 5 but showing only a part of theconstruction and shp wing a modification;

r 1g. l1 a view snnilar to F1 I but show ing the patterns out from theblanks formed by the apparatus shown in Fig. 11; and,

Fig. 12 a view similar to Figs. 5 and 11 but showing anothermodification in the apparatus and the method of its operation.

In Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing I have shown at 15 an ordinarydisplay box and at 16 a burial garment or coat made according to myinvention, and will hereinafter appear, my invention consists in themethod of making or forming the lapcls ll of the coat and the collar 18without edge stitching of any kind. and at the same time so forming saidlapels and collar that they will retain their position as shown in thedrawing and present a highly finished appearance similar to, or superiorto, that obtained when said lapels and collar are stitched.

In Figs. 2 and 3 of the drawing, I have indicated at 19 one-halt of thecoat portion 01 the garment 16 shown in Fig. 1. and one of the lapels 17and a part of the collar 18 and, in this form of construction. thecollar and lapel are made up of a part 19 and a front strip20 composedof the same material as the part 19, and between which is placed alining strip The st! Q!) and 21 are secured to, the part 19 by inner andouter strips of gutta percha or similar niaterial and 23, and betweenthe lapels 1'7 and the collar 18 are formed the usual i -shaped cut-outsand in can these parts of the coat of the garment, as shown at 19 inFig. 2, a line o'i stitching or imitation stitchin. 25 is formed betweenthe lapel and collar portions and extendi from the inner end of the!'-shaped cut-oar! portion 24 upwardly and inwardly as inclicated inFig. 2 to give the lapel and collar portions of the coat the properappearance, or the appearance of a collar made independent of the lapelsand stitched thereto.

In of the drawing 1 have shown :1 slight modification in which thelining strip 21 is omitted and the strip 20 is secured to the part 19 bya single strip of gutta percha 22 but in both of the forms ofconstruction shown in Figs. 2 to 4- inclusive, the strips 20 and 21 is"mama to the 551 519 by the gutta pe'r'ch'a strips 22- 24 as" to form"on the inner edges of the strips 20 and 21 attaching flaps 26, whichextend th'e' fiill length oi the 5 part 19 and to Which the yest or Vestportion 27 of the garmentis-zittached by stitching or otherwise in theusual manner in the manufacture of garments of this class.

The foregoing clearly. sets vout. the con-i l struction of one-half ofthe garment, or the lapeland collar thereof, and in Figs. to

inc].usive, I.have diagrammatically illus tratedrthe apparatusv and themethod-.by

which the separateparts of the garment are -made, or the various stepsin the imethodmof making such garment,-.or the lapel and collarportmnsthereof."

In Fig. 80f the drawing; I at 7 29 a spool: QIZgIOll' of A fabric from20. Whichthe bodyportioirotthe. separate parts 1 9of thegarment aremade, and.at31 I have shown a spool or roll ofthe strip employed asshown "inf Figs.- 2 and 3. of the drawing, and M32 a spool orroll of=the lining strip 21 employed inFigs. 2-andz'3,.

and at 33 and 34]:- have shown spools or rolls of the gutta percha-strips 22 and- 23.

In practice; the sheet together with the"- strips 20 and 23 inclusive,or theiree edges so thereofare brought together and passed or.fGd'bGtWGGli-tWO- guide rollers .35 as is in'-- dicated in Figs.-5 and8' of the drawing,

after which said" strips are passedybetween two steam \boxes36 and thenthrough and fie-between two heat and feed rollers 37 and,:

in practice, the outer faces of-the sheet 30 and strip 20ers brushed bybrush devices 38-prior to the passage of said sheet and strip into andbetween the rollers to raise lothe nap of the material employediin saidsheet and strip.

The method of operation of the apparatus diagrammatically illustrated inFigs. 5 and 8 and the construction of which is above set out, consistsin'passing the sheet 30-and. the

separate strips 20 to 23 inclusive between the rollers35and'steam boxes36; and heat and feed rollers 37 in which operation said sheet andstrips are steamed to prevent the shiningof the sheet 30 and strip 20after passing through'the heat and vfeed rollers 37, and said heat andfeed rollers serve tofuse the gutta' perchastrips 22 and 23 anrlcausethe sheet 30 and strips 20 and 21 to closely adhere. and after the sheet30 and-strips -20 and 21 have been secured-together and pass beyond theheat and feed rollers a predeter- V mined portion orworkpiece 39is cutfrom.

thefree' edgesof said parts by a suitable -knife 40. 7

After a predetermined number' of the workpieces 39,'one of which isillustratedin Figs. 5 and 8 of the drawing, have'been produced inthemanner above'set out,'a predesfi termine'd number'of said 1 workpiecesare placed one upon another on a suitable Workbench or support ll a sindic at ed in Fig. 9 of the drawing, in which figure twelve oi"saidiwo'rkpi'eces'are shown and a suitable die 2. 1 ut e device isemployed. for Stamping out, orstamping from; the separate workpieces 39two of the parts 19, similar to that shown in Figs. 2 and 3 of thedrawing, and \the result of this stamping or cutting operation with thedie 42is illustrated in Fig. T of the drawing. r

In. addition toicutting the lapels l T'aiid collar portions Y18 andcut-out portions 24: of

the sepai'ate.,pai ts 119 of. the garment, the a sleeve open1ngs: 43 andshoulder:port ons 41 are also cut in this operation.

It will'be noted on a consideration of are placed centrally ofthe sheet30in :the

separate parts '19 of the garment may be cut from -each of theworkpieces 39 in a single Fig. 5 or the dra-ivinglthat in the "above'described" operation loffeeding the sheet 30 i and strips -20to 2 3inclusive, into and between the roll ers 35 and 37 and steam boxesseseid' strips manner illustrated in i Fig.. 5,iandxin this way,.and byemploy-inga suitable die t2, the

operationyand thismethodof operation pro= duces a'very-eflective aswellas 'economica'l 1 means of producing thedesiredv result; and forms'lapels and "collar port-ions on the separateparts 19 lofthe garment,the construction 'anclldiinensions of which-wouldv always bethesanreand. also leave the attaching flaps 26 atthe inner end portions. ofthe lapels 17 and'collar portions '18. V.

produced by stitching inthe'usual or any degsired-inanner, or by' asuitable die which would form a pressed line, the appearance of whichwould imitateor resemble that of a stitched. line. Y I

In Figs. 11 andv 11 I have shown "aslight modification in the method ofmaking the separate-parts 19 of the garment fromv the strip 30 fed intoand throughthe apparatus as illustratedin Figs. 5 and-8 of the drawing,and in this form of construction two of each of the strips 20, 21, 22and 23 are fed: into" and through the apparatus-at the oppositeworkpiece blank 4:5. one ofwhich is shown inFigs. 11.and 1 1 andtheopposite side edge portions of whichare provided with thestrips 20 to23inclusiveyorthe strips 20 percha strip 22 and 23, and in such'manneredge portions ,of the sheet 30 to form a and 21- attached tothe sheet-30by the gutta as to form the-attachingflaps 26, as in the constructionshown-in Figs; 1 to 10 inclusive.

. l 0: Thelast stepinr the method ofiorming the separate p'artsr19 ofthe garment consists in In stamping the separate parts 19 from theworkpieces 45 shown in Figs. 11 and 11 a die 42 of differentconstruction is employed and the separate parts 19 of the garment arecut out in the manner illustrated in Fig. 11, in which the lapel andcollar portions 1? and 18 are at the outer edges of the separate partsof the garment instead of in the central portion thereof, as shown inFigs. 1 to 10 inclusive. This construction is shown merely to indicateanother possible method of producing the same result shown in Figs. 1 to10 inclusive but, in practice, I prefer to employ the method shown insaid first named figures.

In Fig. 12 of the drawing I have shown another modification of theconstruction shown in F igs, 1 to 10 inclusive, in which the knife 40 isomitted and a rotary roller knife or cutter device Q6 is employed, andis adapted to cut from the sheet 30 and the strips 20 and 21 securedthereto in the manner shown in Figs. 1 to 10 inclusive, the

separate parts 19 of the garment alternately, at the opposite sides ofthe sheet 30 in the manner illustrated at the right of Fig. 2 of thedrawing, and the object of this construction is to facilitate the savingof the material employed by cutting the parts 19 "from the sheet 30 andstrips 20, and 21, as illus trated in said figure.

t will be understood that while I have shown, or diagrammaticallyillustrated three methods of producing or forming the separate parts 19of the garment, that my invention is not limited to these forms ofapparatus nor to the exact steps in the process herein set out, nor toany particular size, di-v mensions. or shape of the parts 19, and various changes in and modifications of the details herein shown anddescribed may be made. within the scope of the appended claims, withoutdeparting from the spirit of my invention or sacrificing its advantages.

It will be understood that the separate parts 19 of the garment whencompletely formed are provided at the back with attaching deviceswhereby they may be connected in the usual manner in the manufacture ofgarments of the class specified, and it will be apparent that the leftand 1" ht, or the separate parts of each garment are made from each ofthe work-pieces 39. T he formation of the lapels and collar by improvedmethod or by the use of the gutta percha. strips and cutting out saidlapels and collar by dies or other cutting devices in the mannerdisclosed more perfectly formed lapel and collar is produced, andespecially the /shaped or cut-out portions 24 thereof, and said lapelsand collar are also provided with the desired stifiness or rigidity inthe production thereof so that the same will keep their proper form andalways present a neat appearance.

With my improvement, or method of pro cedure, it is not necessary tofold, stitch or bind the edges of the lapels and collar in any way, saidedges being formed and finished by the cutting process by which saidlapels and collars are formed, and this is also true of the V orV-opening 24 between the collar and the lapels and by means of myprocess these parts of the garment are given a more highly finishedappearance than if they were folded and stitched or bound in the usualway.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The method of making a garment of the class described and providingthe same with lapels and a collar, which consists in providing a bodysheet of fabric material and facing material for the lapels and col lar,said facing material being of much less transverse dimensions than saidshee, securing said facing material to said sheet with adhesivematerial, leaving parts of said facing material free to form attachingflaps, and cutting and fashioning the parts thus secured together toform the lapels and collar from the said sheet and from the facingmaterial secured thereto.

2. The method of making a garment of the class described and providingthe same with lapels and a collar, which consists in providing a sheetof fabric from which the body portion of the garment 18 made and a lapeland collar fabric facing strip, securing a predetermined portion of saidfacing strip to a predetermined portion of said sheet by adhesivematerial, and cutting and fashioning the parts of the garment from saidsheet and strip in such manner as to form a lapel and a part of a collaron each part of the garment from that portion of the fabric sheet towhich the fabric strip is secured and to form attaching flaps from thatpart of said strip not secured to the body sheet.

3. The method of making a garment of the class described and providingthe same with lapels and a collar, which consists in providing a sheetof fabric material of predetermined dimensions and from which the bodyportion of the garment is made also a plurality of strips of fabricmaterial of less transverse dimensions than said sheet and securing saidstrips together and to said sheet by adhesive material, cutting separategarment parts from said sheet and strips in such manner as to form alapel and part of the collar on each part of said garment from that partof the sheet to which said strips are secured, and marking each of saidparts in such manner as to distinguish the lapel from the collar portionof said parts.

a. The method of making a garment of hesi've material -of.lesswidthwthan said stripwliereby portionsofrs aid stripv are leftfrcetoform lattaching flapsat'the opposite sides of said strip, and cuttingseparate garment parts from said sheet andstrip insuchman-. ner as toform a lapel anda part of a collar on. each partoflthe garment from thatpart lf of the sheet to which said strip is secured. :5. The methodrofmakinga garment of the class ,Ispecified and providing thelsame with:lapelslandla collar, which consists .in pro vidinga fabric sheet of.predetermined :wi dth from which" the body portion ofl'the garmentisvmade, securing a plurality of strips of fabric of predetermined widthto the cen same width as the first named strip and gutta percha stripsof less width than said first named strips and located between theseparate strips and said sheet, and feeding said sheet and strips intoand through. a suitable machine to first brush the external faces ofsaid sheet and i said strip, then steaming said faces, thenfusing saidgutta 1 percha; strips and compressing the fabric and lining stripstogether and onto said I a sheet to secure the same together, and then7' cutting the separatejparts of the'g'arment from the sheet of fabricand the strip secured thereto in suclrmanner as to form a lapel and apart of a collar on each part tral. portion of said sheet byxstrips.of.:ad-, hesivecmateriallof less widthithansaid fab grit; strips, thenlcutting thesseparate parts of,.the garment from ;the:-saidfsheetwith ofsaid garment from that part of the sheet to which L the secured. a

fabric and lining strips are 8. A burial gai'm ent described comprisinga fabric: sheet from which the body portion of the' garment is made, afacing materialof less width than said sheet and secured thereto byadhesive material andthelapeland fcollarl portions of the garment beingcomposed ofsaid sheetand the facing materialsecuredthereto.

,9. A burial garment of the class described said strips secured theretoin such manner asQt-o form a lapelrand azpartof thercollar on each partofthezgarment from that part of thewsheet to mwhichfsaid strips aresecuredpand markingthe parts thus produced so asr-todistinguish' thelapels from the 9 a composed of-said'sheetandlthe facing stripscollar...:' 7.

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3? th e.,class specified and providing the same with lapels and acollar, which consists in providingaa fabric sheet ofpredetermineddimensions from which the body portion ofithegarment is formed, securingto said fiisheet-by means ofadhesive material, a strip of fabric of lesswidth than the body sheet, thev adhesivematerial being also of a lesswidth than said-strip," feeding the sheet and stripinto and through asuitable machine ftofirstbrush the external-faces of said fabric sheetand strip, then steaming said faces, then fusing the strip of adhesivematerial and compressing the fabric strip onto the sheet to secure thesame together, and then -0i'cutting the separateparts of the garmentfrom the sheet and the strip of fabric secured'thereto insuohmanner asto form a lapel and a part-of the collar on each part of saidgarment'from'that part of the 151; sheet of-fabric to which the strip offabric is secured and to form attaching flaps oneach of said; partsinwardly of the lapel and collar portions thereof.

7; The method of making a garment of flfithe-classdescribedand-providing the same with lapels and-a collar, which consists inprovidinga sheetof fabric of'predetermined width, a strip of similarfabric ofzless width than said sheet, an interliningstrip of the:

' composed-of a sheet ofTmaterial from which Y the bodyportion of thegarment is made,

and lapel and collar facing strips secured to predetermined parts ofsaid sheet byadhesive material, the lapels and collar being securedtheretoand means for distinguishing the lapels from the collar.

10. A burial garment of the class described composed of separate bodyparts of fabric material, each of which is provided with lapel andcollar edge portions, fabric facing strips partially secured to saidedge portions by adhesive material so as to form attaching stripsinwardly of said-edge portions, and said edge portions with the stripssecured thereto-being provided with a lapel parts.

and part ofa collaron each of said body v11. A burialgarment of theclass describedcomposed of separate parts of fabric -material havinglapel and collar edge portions; fabric facing" strips partially securedto said edge portions by adheslve materlal so as 'toform attachingstrips inwardly of said edge portions, said edge portions and the stripssecured thereto being provided with a lapel and a part of a collar oneach of saidbody partsandthe facing strips being marked to distinguishthe lapels from the collar.

12. A garment of the class described composed: of separate parts, eachof which is provided-with a lapel and'a part of a collar formedfromaasheet of fabric material from -which thebody portionof the garment ismade, a strip of similar material and an interlining strip, said stripsbeing secured together and to said fabric by a sheet of adhesivematerial.

13. A garment of the class described composed of separate parts each ofwhich is provided with a lapel and a part of a collar formed from asheet of fabric material from which the body portion of the garment ismade, a strip of similar facing material,

10 and an interlining strip, parts of said strips being secured togetherand to the sheet by adhesive material and the unattached portions ofsaid strips forming attaching flaps.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of the subscribing witnesses this 18th day of March,1919.

HARRY T. LOOMIS.

Witnesses:

C. E. MULREANY, H. E. THOMPSON.

